Date:    18 June 1944
Cert:     13015
Place of Death: County: Knott   City or Town: Cordia (rural)
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky   County: Knott
City or Town:  Cordia (rural) 
Full Name:  William McKinley SMITH 
If Veteran Name War: World War I
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Carrie S. SMITH
Age of husband or wife if alive:  41 years
Birth date of deceased:  03 March 1897 
Age:  47 years, 03 months, 15 days
Birthplace:  Cordia, Kentucky 
Occupation:  Farming; Timber work 
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:   Alex SMITH
Father Birthplace:   Cordia, Kentucky 
Mother Maiden Name:  Nancy STACY 
Mother Birthplace:  Cordia, Kentucky 
Informant:  Carrie S. SMITH, Cordia, Kentucky 
Burial Place:  Cordia, Ky. 
Date:  19 June 1944 
Signature of funeral director: Austin Combs, Diablock, Kentucky
Date received by local registrar:   (blank)
Registrar's Signature: (blank)
Date of Death:  18 June 1944 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (blank) to (blank), that I last saw him alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at (blank)
Immediate cause of death: Found dead.  Cause of death unknown.  No physician in attendance.
Duration: (blank)
Due to:  (blank)
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Date of occurrence: (blank)
Where did injury occur: (blank)
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address:  J. W. Duke, M.D., Hindman, Kentucky
Date signed:  16 March 1945 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 24 November 2010